JOE Zepeda

Joe Zepeda is Co-Founder and Chief Operational Officer of Storm-7 Consulting. At Storm-7 he directs and supervises all marketing, public relations, global strategic projects and partners, human resources, and logistical and delegate-facing activities. He holds a BA degree in English Literature and Philosophy, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Publishing. Joe brings a tremendous wealth of professional experience from across the commercial, financial, and high-end recruitment sectors. He has previous appointment experience as a Senior Events Supervisor in New York; as an Executive at a National Embassy in London; as a Deputy Floor Manager, Team Leader and Senior Account Manager for British Gas Trading Headquarters; a senior Global Headhunter for the executive recruitment firm Parachute SAS; and as a Consultant for Talent Management at Morgan Stanley Headquarters in Canary Wharf, London.

He has highly extensive and successful professional experience and expertise within appointments of effective implementation and management of specialist training vehicles, highly focused and effective learning and development global structures, and superior performance management schema. He has deep knowledge of a diverse array of business operational frameworks and systems within different business units, and an exceptional knowledge base and experience of highly successful and innovative organisational and technological strategies and models. His impeccable client-oriented focus has enabled him to forge strong lasting industry strategic relationships and partnerships based on mutual trust and confidence with managing directors, CEOs, and corporate leaders at the highest levels of industry.

In addition, within the fields of banking, financial services, Financial Technology (FinTech), and Regulatory Technology (RegTech), he has continually ensured outstanding delivery of pivotal Storm-7 Consulting conferences, events, and training courses around the world to major banks and international financial institutions such as The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (MiFID II: Operational Compliance, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates); the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (MiFID II: Final Review, London); CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America (Swaps and Over-the-counter Derivatives, Lima, Peru); Rothschild Investment Management (UK) Limited (AEOI (FATCA & CRS), London); Resolution Life (AEOI (FATCA & CRS, London); CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution (Eurex Clearing, Eschborn, Germany); and Bethmann Bank AG (MAD 2 MAR, Frankfurt).

At Storm-7 he has led and mentored numerous operational teams and has not only strategically developed pioneering operational approaches, innovative strategies and techniques, but has been instrumental in developing highly advanced proprietary training packages delivered internally to specialised recruits. It is his unprecedented operational expertise, dedication to client excellence, and focus on the highest calibre performance that he brings to all Storm-7 Consulting Events, Products, Consulting Services, and Executive Training Programmes worldwide.